When Time Hands Me Leave to Love You

Unfilled dreams visit me
and I pretend
thundering pain does not touch my soul
when I can't hear you say,
“I love you”
before I lay me down to sleep.
Still, I wonder
if I called out on the coldest night
would I hear nothing
but silence
inside the dreams
I keep.  

In the morning hours
I write your name
in the air
with a hand of power,
creating an image
of  love's fire
that can never be lost
in thought.  
A delightful understanding
becomes a sensation of living
with the eyes of my heart
wrapped around the words
I have sought.

My mind sings our story
even when I am alone.
It shouts
from an ocean
of heaven
with a tune swinging  
to the countless beat
of our future need.
It paints our past
with long strokes of feeling
outside of  all the years
that were hidden
by a shadow's greed.

Here I stand as I am
with an invitation
circling my heart
creating a place
for you to be
when time hands me leave
to love you
with every breath
I breathe.  
Although, I may not hear the words
from your lips
the eyes of my heart
hear you speak
with ears........
that see.

Author's Note

*Artist Marta Dahlig

Reviews

[quinfinn]

"here i stand as i am with an invitation circling my heart creating a place for you to be when time hands me leave to love you with every breath i breathe"....Neva, how is it that you always speak to me in a language i believed only myself to understand? it is true, that connection you spoke of, and i think it is deeply rooted in our mutual love of verse. this is pure and exquisite.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Q, for finding one of my olders one's I had put in the back of my mind. XX

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That was brilliant intellectually and emotionally. I am so in awe I am at a loss for words.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you! :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A poem that displays great tollerance that many feel in relationships that are one way. It expresses the emotions well and is a good and easy read

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you John :)

[Bewitching Sensations]

lovely poem ;0

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Bewitching Sensation :)

[Larry Dyson]

when did you originally write this?..it sounds so familiar ..or just your phrasings I guess..?

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

just wrote this one Laury but you may be thinking about my A Sound I Could Drink it was kind of similar :) Thanks :)

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Double wow!!!
So romantic, I love it so much :))))

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Yas :)

[Ghost of Jupiter]

so tantalizing and beautiful... to love so deeply and completely is everyone's dream

"It shouts
from an ocean
of heaven
with a tune swinging
to the countless beat
of our future need."

gorgeous

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Kalypso :)

[afra]

wow a big WOW ....i love this amazing write

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Afra :)

[The Analog Kid]

Very achingly touching and sad. A deep sigh is in order after reading this.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you TAK :)

[The Analog Kid]

YW Neva, anytime:)

[Lily Mae]

I can't read you when I'm emotionally broken ...my God.. I'm in tears with this Neva.. I think you know my heart and why... "Although, I may not hear the words
from your lips
the eyes of my heart
hear you speak
with ears........
that see." Sigh...xo

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Lily Mae, sorry about the tears my sweet sister (((Lily Mae)))

[Kes]

Haha, your words always leave me so confused! And still, I know I'm reading something of beauty. :)
Keep up the great work!
K

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you for allowing me to confuse you and to brighten your day with beauty LOL :) X

[Kes]

Haha, it's always a pleasure to read your work. :)
K